Rail-joint



S. A. JONES.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED FEB.16, 1920 1,346,656. Patent d July 13, 1920.

Marl/170 ATTORNEY sL NE Jones, on SPRIN'GVILLE, ALABAMA.

' RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom itmag concern: j

Be it known that' I," SLoNn A.JoNns,"a citizen of the United States of America; residingat 'Springville; in the county of St. Clair and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which" the following :is a specification. My invention relates to rail joints and has for its object to'provide joint which come prises a relatively small number of parts and which will afford the maximum strength for the joint. "According to my invention, each joint fication, and in which:-

comprises an integral splice bar section havmg a relatively narrow'crossmember adapted to lie between the ties and under the rail joint, 'theother splice bar being-provided near its ends with bracing extensions which are spiked to the ties. Between thejties I provide two transverse ubolts', o'nlegon-each side of the joint which' extend crosswise under the bottom cross member and serve to tie the two splice bars together and afford the maximum supporting strength in'the 7 joint for the rail ends. The. extension braces referred to are of special advantage inbracing the joint about curves and on tangents. My invention also comprises the novel details of construction and arrangements of parts, which in their preferred embodiment only are illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of this speci- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the in side joint member with the r-ail dotted in. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the members of the joint assembled. r

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals refer to simi- I lar parts throughout the drawings.

I have illustrated "my invention in its simplest embodiment and as shown 1n the drawings it comprises two main joint members A and B. The member A comprises a fish-plate section G adapted to extend sufficiently on each side of the joint so that its base D will overlie the cross ties on each side of the joint and between the cross ties this joint section has an integral transverse cross member E forming a joint brace which in width fits closely between the ties but does not overlie the ties. In thickness this cross member substantially corresponds with Specification of Letters I Patent. Application filed February 16, i920. Serial No. 359,19 1;

Patented J 1y 13, 19210.

the, fish-plate the base of which has double thickness where the cross member joins therewith. "The cross member in itself 7 1s a substantial support for the abutting ends F and G of the main track rails'which meet 'midwayoverthis braceE. The brace E in length is sufiicient to come flush with the outer ed e of'the base flange H of the joint sectionIB an d'in order to more securely couple the'joint. sections together, and e'sfpec-ially to brace 7 and support the extension E, I provide a pair of U-bolts I, the body portions of which fit flushagainst the under face bf the. ra E and the upturned ends ofeach bolt are. threaded" and inserted through the base; flangegl) on the one side and through the brace E and fbaseflange I-I onithe otherside. .These U-bolt members are preferably adjacent to "the cross ties,

thus bringing themnear I the pointzof supportfrom the' cr'oss tie and tying thewhole jointto'getherin a most rigid and .e'fiective manner while at the same time providing the joint supporting brace E with that reinforcement which is necessary to support it under all reasonable load strainsthat may come on 1t 1n servlce.

To increase the usefulness of the joint and to adapt it to brace the track where needed; I provide the member B with brace" extensions J which are of substantiallength and sufficient in width so that eachcan receive a number of spikes As shown I have used three spikes in eachbrace extension and in practice I willprobably give these braces'a length of 'about'6,, though ting the joint brace E between the adjacent ties, after which the fish-plates of the, joint as conditions may remembers are bolted together through the rails by the customar'y bolts Lf'and-the U.--

bolt braces I arethen inserted and bolted in place and the joint is ready for service.

It will be noted that should all of the bolts L be sheared or stripped the U -bolts I would still sufiiciently hold the joint to prevent its opening up and causing a; derailment.

This invention is not intended to be restricted in scope to the specific embodiments 1 10 7 shown, but contemplates'such modifications as come Within the spirit and scope of the claims.

What I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

v '1. A joint for rails comprising tw o jointmembers, one olnt member comprislng a -splice bar for oneside of the r-a1ls having a transverse integral base extension adapted to underlie and support the joint between the rails, and the other joint member comprising a splice-bar section having a base flange'adapted to overlie the free endof said transverse joint support, and transverse U- bolts connecting the two joint. members on each side of the rail joint and adapted to brace said joint support, substantially as described. 3 t

2. oint for rails comprising two oint members, one joint member comprising a splice bar for one side of the rails and a transverse integral base extension adapted .to underlie and support therail joint, the

other joint member comprising a splice bar forthe other side of the rails having a base flange adapted to overlie the free end of said. baseextension, and transverse U-bolts connecting'the two joint members oneach side of the rail joint, said U-bolts atoneend being bolted through the base flange of the splice bar where it is joined to the base extension and the base flange of the other joint member to tie the joints together and form supports for said base extension on each side of the rail joint.

3. A rail j ointtcomprising an inside'mem- Y an integral transverse joint supporting ex- "tension adapted to fit in between adjacent upwardly at one-side through the base ex- I tension of the insidejointmember and at ber having a fish-plate portion elongated suf fi c-iently to rest on adjoining ties and having the otherside through the overlying base of f the outside joint member and said base extension on the inside joint member thereby tying the two: joint members together and bracing said extension. on each; side of the rail joint. V 1' j Y Y 7' In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature.

jWitness NOMIE WELSH. 6

g sLoN Jones. I 

